Empress Dowager Cixi invited a 'singer' to the palace in the night, and the next day it turned into a corpse. What happened?

Empress Dowager Cixi is a familiar character to those who love learning about the history of the Qing Dynasty, China. Many people think that, after King Ham Phong died, Tu Hi covered the sky with one hand, holding all power. But in fact, at that time, there was still a high "mountain" blocking her path to power, which was Empress Dowager Tu An (queen of King Ham Phong).

Why does Cixi like to listen to opera?

After King Ham Phong died, Tu Hi's son ascended the throne (King Dong Tri) at a very young age. Tu An and Tu Hi became two empress dowagers with the task of regent in place of the king. Although his son is the current emperor, every time he meets Tu An, Tu Hi has to pray for peace.

In the government affairs, Cixi was also not able to control herself. Whenever the court had a big deal, Tu Hi had to give Tu An to read the chapter and give his opinion before making the final decision.

Despite being an empress dowager, Tu Hi's every move was noticed by Tu An. Empress Dowager Cixi's life at that time was quite tasteless, so the empress dowager sought an art for entertainment - listening to Peking opera.

Empress Dowager Tu An (left) - "high mountain" obstructed Tu Hi's path to power when King Ham Phong passed away.

Gradually, Cixi became so passionate about listening to Peking opera that she became famous throughout the court for her hobby. And to satisfy her passion, she even let the designer and build a 3-storey theater stage at Di Hoa Vien. Every day, Empress Dowager Cixi listened to plays regularly, the frequency of listening was even more regular than mealtime.

Not only is it a simple audience to listen to plays, for this art, Empress Dowager Cixi also "works hard" to learn. For example, at what time in the whole song should a dramatic song be sung, and what moves should be performed, Cixi ordered the person to take notes.

Therefore, when watching plays, if the opera singer sings wrongly or performs wrongly any movement, this queen will be punished. Until one night, different from the usual in Di Hoa Vien, Empress Dowager Cixi called a person to sing Peking opera into the palace.

This person is a man with a handsome appearance, performing for Cixi all night. However, the next morning, people did not see this person come out, but only saw a body being carried out of Cixi's palace. What is this?

Theater of Qing imperial plays at Yuanmingyuan.

The singing child was silenced by Cixi

According to historical records of the Qing Dynasty, that night listening to Peking Opera was one of the days when Cixi was ill and did not leave the palace for half a step. After that night, when it was just dawn, Empress Dowager Tu An suddenly came to Tu Xi's palace. Because it was quite unexpected, Cixi's palace maid and eunuch did not promptly notify the owner.

When she walked to Cixi's bedroom, Empress Dowager Tu An discovered that the door was closed, the curtains on all four sides were also closed. But there was the sound of people talking coming from the room, the sound was quite small and could not be heard clearly. Immediately, Empress Dowager Tu'an pushed open the door herself, and in front of her was a chaotic scene: Cixi was lying on the bed, while the theater singer in untidy clothes sat on the ground massaging, massaging. for this queen.

"Singing Son" was killed by Cixi to silence her after the story was discovered by Empress Dowager Tu An.

This scene made Empress Dowager Tu An extremely angry. In front of Tu Hi, Tu An revealed the secret that only before his death, King Ham Phong gave her to her. The content of the secret is just: If Tu Hi commits disorderly and inappropriate behavior, life and death will be decided by Tu An. As it turned out, right from the time he was alive, King Ham Phong had a precaution against this concubine he loved.

After listening, Empress Dowager Cixi was so scared that there was no blood left in her cross-section, hastily knelt down on the ground, crying and begging. Empress Dowager Tu'an's nature was soft, so she was moved by that pitiful plea. Before leaving, Empress Dowager Xu An said: "This time I will forgive you, this matter must never be known to others, otherwise I would not be able to help you!"

Soon after, the opera singer serving Cixi was killed to gag, and the body was carried out of the palace. However, after this escape from death, Tu Hi began to have an intention to vie for the position of Empress Dowager Tu An. Rumors about this conspiracy of Cixi no one can corroborate.

But in fact, not long after that, Empress Dowager Tu An actually died in the 7th year of Quang Tu. (Quang Tu: grandson of Tu Hi, was chosen to succeed King Dong Tri after this king died at a young age. 19). From here, Empress Dowager Cixi officially got her own "sky of power", the history of domination of the "notorious" woman in the history of this Qing dynasty also began there.